Rahul’s grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi visited the Ishbar temple during her visits to Kashmir.

Before his departure for New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi met party legislators and senior leaders at the Srinagar airport. He flew back to Delhi in the afternoon.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Moonga told IANS that the party vice president asked Congress legislators and other senior leaders to work relentlessly to highlight the problems faced by the people and work to help solve these problems.

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi surprised party leaders and workers as he stepped out of the party office in Srinagar and visited a roadside tea stall on the Maulana Azad road, where he had a cup of tea and chatted with the stall owner.

Party sources said Rahul also savoured a bit of ‘nadir manji’, lotus stems covered in batter and deep fried in mustard oil.